theophile
Well-Known LVC Member
I'm in the planning stages of installing a sub and amp in the trunk and my overriding concern is the ability to return to stock configuration without having to cut and solder. I also am toying with the possibility of retaining the full-rage 6x9s I put in the rear deck and sending them the line-level rear (i.e. not subwoofer) signal through the stock sub amp, the idea being they would serve as something of rear "imaging" speakers. (Read: moar speekarz!!).
I have the rear amp diagram that shows that the factory 2-channel amp has separate inputs for left and right channels. What I'm thinking of doing is cutting the 4 wires in this harness that are the line inputs (+ and - Left/+ and - Right) and soldering female RCA plugs onto the amp side and male RCA plugs onto the head-unit side. That way, when these plugs are connected, the factory configuration is maintained, but when unplugged, the factory subwoofer-signal wiring can be plugged directly into an aftermarket sub amp, and the stock rear amp can be fed a full-range signal from an aftermarket head unit.
Has anyone tried this or something like it? Any thoughts or impressions on whether it would work as I have described?
I have the rear amp diagram that shows that the factory 2-channel amp has separate inputs for left and right channels. What I'm thinking of doing is cutting the 4 wires in this harness that are the line inputs (+ and - Left/+ and - Right) and soldering female RCA plugs onto the amp side and male RCA plugs onto the head-unit side. That way, when these plugs are connected, the factory configuration is maintained, but when unplugged, the factory subwoofer-signal wiring can be plugged directly into an aftermarket sub amp, and the stock rear amp can be fed a full-range signal from an aftermarket head unit.
Has anyone tried this or something like it? Any thoughts or impressions on whether it would work as I have described?
